I have limited the list below to versions of the book that exist in full-that is, more than sketches, covers, or pitches-whether they are physically available or only digital. Also, I intentionally left out the political ones (there are a lot, as you might imagine: Obama, Trump, Bush, Zuma, etc), because I didn’t want to get angry today. In advance of the anniversary of Margaret Wise Brown’s birth, I took a look at (almost) all of those parodies. Not coincidentally, it has also been parodied many, many times. It’s pretty much the ultimate in plotlessness, which has not historically detracted from its appeal. Published in 1947 and illustrated by Clement Hurd, it has become a widely beloved American bedtime story. In Margaret Wise Brown’s most famous* children’s book, Goodnight Moon, a little bunny says goodnight to all the objects in its great green bedroom before falling peacefully to sleep.
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